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Dedication Wall
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Arthur Leigh
Private of the 2nd Battalion Royal Fussiliers London Regiment. Regimental Number G/11779
Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 aged 25 in the Western European Theatre, Somme, France. Remembered at the Thievpal Memorial. He was an apprentice in iron moulding, and lived with his parents in Stockport, Cheshire.
Submitted by: Pamela Wilkins
Thomas Kelly
North Staffordshire Prince of Wales Service Regiment 7th Battalion. regimental Number 17007.
Killed in action 9th April 1916 Mesopotamia [Iraq] aged 30. Thomas was a footballer for Denaby, Glossop & Grimbsy Town. He moved to Stockport, worked at the gas works. He was married with 6 children.
Submitted by: Pamela Wilkins
Edwin Leigh
Gunner “Y” 46th Trench Royal Field Artillery. Regimental Number 117002
Edwin died 24th May 1918 after being gassed and wounded. Edwin is buried at the Etaples War Cemetery. He died leaving a wife Annie, whom he married in 1917, whilst on leave. You gave your today for our tomorrow. Never forgotten.
Submitted by: Pamela Wilkins
Robert Smith Gordon
Reg #177, Company Sergeant Major, 1/4 Gordon Highlanders, 51st Highland Division
Battle of the Bluff near St. Eloi in the Ypres Salient. It was a success but the trenches they captured were fired on by German guns for 24 hours. He was shelled, buried in toxic mud returned Ripon, Yorkshire he died (35) leaving a wife 8 children.
Submitted by: Kirsten Dunsford
Frederick Brown Tarry
Private, "Ox & Bucks" - Battle of the Somme 1917
Thank you for your service Private FB Tarry; I stand in admiration of your bravery and your long life after the war. I was born on Nov. 11th and the family nick-named me "Poppy" and I wish I had known you. In this year, I honor you and stand proud.
Submitted by: Suzanne Patterson
Edward George Beresford Pell
Pivate, 1st BN., Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt.)
Edward died on Tuesday, 26 March 1918 at the age of 29. He left behind his wife, Mary and his two children Doris and Harold. He is remembered on the Pozieres Memorlal in Somme, France.
Submitted by: Geraldine Hogan
George Frederick James Dredge
Gunner with Royal Horse Artillery
George joined up in 1915 at the age of 19. He was wounded at Nieuport in 1917 while repairing telephone lines and was discharged after an operation. He died in 1959. We are grateful to him and all his comrades for their bravery and sacrifice.
Submitted by: Helen Turner
Charles Edwin Dredge
Private and Sergeant, 6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
Charlie served 1914-19, at Ypres, the Somme, Arras, Passchendaele and the Selle. He survived and lived until the age of 61 but always suffered breathing difficulties after being gassed. We are proud of him and grateful for his courage and endurance.
Submitted by: Helen Turner
Frederick Stowe
Private 223(S), Company 4, Plymouth Battalion, Royal Marines Light Infanty
Killed by a sniper at Gallipoli at the age of 19, we are so thankful that Fred wrote a diary so that his nephew, John Stowe, was able to share his story with his American cousins 100 years later.
Rest in peace.
Submitted by: Robert Ault
Harry Rogers Hill
Private in 27th Austrailian Infantry Battalion
Thank for your sacrifice.
Harry , my Great Uncle, emigrated to Australia having married an Australian lady and enlisted with 1st AIF on 1st Sept 1916. He was killed in Belgium on 26th Sept 1917 aged 32 and survived by his Wife and 3 children.
Submitted by: Joyce Collinge